(Rookie)

(Rookie)

(National Geographic Found)

(Sea of Shoes)

(Cellar Door)

Well I got news for everybody: It ain't ever gonna be the way it used to be.

Jonathan Franzen, "The Corrections."

(The Clothes Horse)

(justerinhere)

"What's life for?"
"I don't know."
"I don't either. But I don't think it's about winning."

Jonathan Franzen.

(justerinhere)

(Modern Hepburn)

(mrlkanderson)

(The Clothes Horse)

(The Clothes Horse)

(Jewel of the South)

His tiredness hurt so much it kept him awake.

Jonathan Franzen, "The Corrections."

(Jewel of the South)

(Modern Hepburn)

"My gosh" I said, "another human being."

Kurt Vonnegut.

I wanted to tell him that I didn't think I could face another night in the emptiness of my bed. I wanted to ask him if there was anything in my life that was real and coherent and likely to remain the same way tomorrow.

Michael Chabon, "Wonder Boys"

(Cellar Door)

(nico-krijno)

Three Months of Silence

I.

Surrounded by moths,
I collapsed into focus.

And with every last little bit of heart quivering,
let you move against me.

II.

Half-crying on the shadow-dented drive home,
after a bleary-eyed shift: alone.

(How no one didn't even thank me,
didn't even think to - so small, so nothingly).

III.

With a mile of gas left
on East Campus Road,

so shaky that I had to hold my leg down against the pedal,
just to keep moving forward.

(The Clothes Horse)

Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank - but that's not the same thing. 

Joseph Conrad.

(justerinhere)

(Miss Moss)

(writelikeness)

(Nothing Special)

It was possible to feel superior to other people and feel like a misfit at the same time.

Jeffrey Eugenides.

(Rookie)

Palimpsest : 

1. a very old document on which the original writing has been erased and replaced with new writing, while light traces of the original writing underneath remain visible.

2. something that has been changed over time and shows evidence of that change.

(Oyster Mag)